The USS Lincoln is docking close to Pattaya, known for its raucous nightlife, and for sex tourism.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51417165

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51417123

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51417122

The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer — or engaging in acts of bestiality.

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In June, the FBI quietly lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other personnel. According to multiple sources briefed on the matter, the FBI did so to facilitate hiring in some cases, even if candidates acknowledged they engaged in sexually deviant activities or stole from an employer.

Former Microsoft exec explain how a behavioral psychologist utilized Fitts's law to place the Windows 95 Start button in the bottom-left.

Paywall?

"A delight."

Paywall?

This could win the Ig-Noble prize!

Are we eating enough plastic already?

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/44708818

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

The proposal is among measures being drawn up by senior defence officials at the Pentagon as an incentive to hit Nato's 5 per cent spending pledge.

A senior US official told The Telegraph that Britain was likely to receive "special attention" in Washington's review of its allies' commitment to Nato, which will examine whether member nations have credible paths toward the target.

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/world/p/1134428/british-far-right-commentator-milo-yiannopoulos-detained-by-ice